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Always use your real name online

By Julie Starr | Published: January 17, 2009

A terrific piece of advice for journalists from Howard Owens that I just stumbled across again: Always use your real name online — for EVERYTHING you do. Never leave an anonymous comment. Never use an assumed name. You want people to know you, find you, look for your, know who you are and what you do.

Claim your name online

By Julie Starr | Published: July 14, 2008

From Howard Owens comes a useful list of tips for journalists who want to ‘own their own names’ – ie get yourself, your CV, website and blog established and visible in Google searches: Get a Facebook profile going. Use it to link to your site. Start a LinkedIn profile (be sure to take advantage of [...]